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First post, by blakespot

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I've got a Tandy 1000HX and no RAM board (unobtanium but I'm searching...) so I've got 256K of RAM. I know MobyGames has a list of games that run under 256K of RAM here:

https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/dos/tic,15/ti,99/

But I'm wondering about some perhaps non-mainstream games that are interesting, fun to play with while I pine for more memory. Some of the 160x100 games fit the bill, and I have a few. Any favorites out there? Even text-mode. Thanks.

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Last edited by blakespot on 2019-01-16, 23:10. Edited 1 time in total.

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Reply 2 of 4, by root42

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I think you can safely add all the early Infocom text adventures in that category.

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Reply 3 of 4, by blakespot

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Well, I can tell you Wings of Fury shouldn't be on the list because it doesn't run under 256K with CGA or Tandy mode...

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Reply 4 of 4, by dr.ido

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I remember playing Zoom on my Tandy 1000 - it was one of the few games that I found on a collection of floppies that actually ran on it. I don't remember if it actually has Tandy 16 color support (I only had a green monitor back then), but it should run in 256kb.

https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/zoom

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